Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk’s spectacular brawl in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, quickly caught the attention of the entire globe. It was the most anticipated boxing match of 2022. Eventually, after falling to the Ukrainian for a second time, the latter became furious with the fans. Take a look at a video that surfaced after the altercation.
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A short clip has emerged where Joshua is walking back to his changing room after his loss. As the boxer was walking by, someone from the crowd said, “good work”. And AJ replied, “It wasn’t good enough though.”
Following that. Another bystander, who was an elderly man, said, “keep it professional.” This made the British boxer angry and responded with a raging face, “Who you talking to? What the fu** do you know about it?”
The two heavyweights first confronted one other within the square circle in September 2021. Usyk outclassed AJ and eventually defeated him. It was certain that there needs to be a rematch. The two met again on August 20th, and the Ukrainian fighter won the bout again.
Eddie Hearn comments on Anthony Joshua’s angry behavior
Eddie Hearn, the owner of Matchroom Boxing, is Joshua’s promoter. The British player’s defeat to the Ukrainian is garnering a lot of media attention. But Joshua’s irate actions have shocked his admirers even more. While talking to iFL Tv, the promoter was asked, “There was a moment where Anthony picked up the belts and threw them out of the ring and there was a bit of confrontation in the rings well. What exactly happened, can you tell us?”
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Hearn stated, “He(Joshua) was frustrated, you know. He has held onto those belts for a long time. And now those governing bodies have charged him a lot of money and put a lot of mandatories on him, you know. And I think he’s lost a lot of faith in the system, and I think he’s started to actually not being interested in fighting for belts anymore. I think he just wants to fight for enjoyment and to challenge himself. Of course, he wanted to be undisputed, and a lot of that was you know frustration. And he left the ring because he knew, I’m going to do something stupid.”
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Joshua was furious after the fight as he had lost and he threw the belts. Many fans and boxing entities have been shocked by his behavior as a result of this. What do you think of AJ’s actions in the interim? Let us know in the comments section.